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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 20, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Denver Braden, San Marcos, CA (US);
Donald A Bistline, Vista, CA (US);
Assignee:
Electro Scientific Industries, Inc., Portland, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
53471 ; 53281 ; 53493 ; 53559 ;
Abstract
A method of loading chip components orientation-specific into a carrier tape that itself comprises a narrow strip of diaphanous material having a series of depressions embossed therein comprising the steps of moving a series of open-ended recesses, sized and shaped to receive a single chip component in a specific orientation, upwardly through a loose mass of chip components at a speed that is continually interrupted with real time pauses and ultimately transferring the chip components into conjunctive registry with the tape embossments and an apparatus therefor.